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adding the list of eras
Writing the '''date in Japanese''' also makes use of the system of [[Japanese numerical system|numbers and counters]]. Thus the date is usually written as follows:
{{Japanese characters}}
Writing the '''date in Japanese''' also makes use of the system of [[Japanese numerical system|numbers and counters]]. Thus, when the date is written out in full, the format is as follows:
yyyy年mm月dd日, where 年 is the counter for years, 月 for months and 日 for days. Thus 13 September, 2008 would be written as 2008年9月13日.
yyyy年mm月dd日, where 年 is the counter for years, 月 for months and 日 for days. Thus 13 September, 2008 would be written as 2008年9月13日.
Sometimes, instead of the Western year being used, the year of the current [[Akihito|Emperor's]] reign is used. Thus, 2008 could be written as Heisei (平成) 20, or to use the date format above: 平成20年9月13日. To arrive at a Western date, based on a era, you take the commencement date of the era (1989 in the case of Heisei), subtract 1 (as 1989 would be year 1 of Heisei, not year 0) and add the number of years of the era. Thus Heisei 20 = 1989 - 1 + 20 = 2008.
Sometimes, instead of the Western year being used, the year of the current [[Akihito|Emperor's]] reign is used. Thus, 2008 could be written as Heisei (平成) 20, or to use the date format above: 平成20年9月13日. To arrive at a Western date, based on a era, you take the commencement date of the era (1989 in the case of Heisei), subtract 1 (as 1989 would be year 1 of Heisei, not year 0) and add the number of years of the era. Thus Heisei 20 = 1989 - 1 + 20 = 2008. The specific eras will be discussed in more detail below.
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==The Era System==
The '''Japanese Era System''' is a common calendar scheme used in Japan, which identifies a year by the combination of the Japanese era name (''Nengō'' 年号, meaning "year name") and the year number within the era.
For example, the year 2008 is [[Akihito|Heisei]] 20, written as 平成20. Sometimes an era name is expressed with the first letter of the romanized name. For example, S50 would mean [[Hirohito|Shōwa]] 50, or 1975.
===Calculating Year Periods===
When calculating either the nengō, or corresponding Western year, remember that the first year of the era is 1, not 0. Thus, to calculate the dates of the Heisei era, which began in 1989, add or subtract 1988 (1989 - 1) from the year in question. Thus 2007 was Heisei 19 (2007 - 1988), and conversely Heisei 5 would be 1988 + 5 = 1993.
===Modern ''Nengō''===
It was only with the reign of Emperor [[Meiji]] that the system of "one reign, one era" (一世一元 ''issei-ichigen'') came into use, meaning that era names would change only on Imperial succession.
The first year of an era is called ''gan-nen'' (元年). Subsequent years are counted from the beginning of the following calendar year. For example, the Shōwa era commenced on 25 December, 1926, and the second year of Shōwa started a week later on 1 January, 1927. It would also imply that 1926 , can be written as both [[Taisho|Taishō]] 15 (the era name of the deceased Emperor) and Shōwa 1.
The practice of ''issei-ichigen'' was only formalised in 1979, when the Era Name Law (元号法, ''gengō-hō'') was passed. Thus since 1868, there have been only four ''nengō'': Meiji (明治), Taishō (大正), Shōwa (昭和) and Heisei (平成).<ref>http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/</ref>
===Historical ''Nengō''===
Prior to the convention that started with the Meiji Era, the start of a new era could be declared for any number of reasons. The main reasons for declaring a new era would be the first, fifth and 58<sup>th</sup> years of the "sexagenary cycle" (十干十二支 ''Jikkan Jūnishi''), based on the [[Chinese]] system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten calendar signs and the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac, the ascension of a new Emperor, an auspicious event, or a natural disaster.
Many periods were only three or four years long and the names had nothing to do with the Emperor of the time. Furthermore, a change of emperor did not necessarily mean an immediate change to a new era; this normally occurred between one to two years after the Emperor's death.<ref>Ryusaku Tsunoda, et. al., comp., Sources of Japanese Tradition, Columbia University Press, 1958</ref>
The ''nengō'' system in use today was initiated by Emperor Mommu (697 - 707) in 701, after two previous attempts by Emperor Kōtoku in 654, and Emperor Temmu in 686 were abandoned. The current system has continued uninterrupted through today. Eras prior to 701 are generally linked to the first year of the relevant emperor's reign. Thus the first year of the era of Emperor Jimmu from 660 to 581 B.C. is refrred to as ''Jimmu-Tennou gan-nen'' (神武天皇元年), or the "first year of Emperor Jimmu".<ref>Aston, W. G., trans., Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697, London : Allen and Unwin</ref>
===Complete List of Japanese Eras <ref>Varley, H. Paul , "A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley). New York: Columbia University Press, 1980</ref>===
====Ancient Age (Prior to 1185 AD)====
=====The Yamato (大和時代) and Nara (奈良時代) Periods=====
{| border="0" cellspacing="2px" cellpadding="2px" width="50%"
|-
|-valign=top align="center" bgcolor="#D4D4D4"
|'''First year ''(gannen)'''''
|'''Name'''
|'''Kanji'''
|-valign=top align="center"
|701
|Taihō
|<font size=3>大宝</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|704
|Keiun
|<font size=3>慶雲</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|708
|Wadō
|<font size=3>和銅</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|715
|Reiki
|<font size=3>霊亀</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|717
|Yōrō
|<font size=3>養老</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|724
|Jinki
|<font size=3>神亀</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|729
|Tenpyō
|<font size=3>天平</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|749
|Tenpyō-kanpō
|<font size=3>天平感宝</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|749
|Tenpyō-shōhō
|<font size=3>天平勝宝</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|757
|Tenpyō-hōji
|<font size=3>天平宝字</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|765
|Tenpyō-jingo
|<font size=3>天平神護</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|767
|Jingo-keiun
|<font size=3>神護景雲</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|770
|Hōki
|<font size=3>宝亀</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|781
|Ten'ō
|<font size=3>天応</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|782
|Enryaku
|<font size=3>延暦</font>
|}
=====The Heian Period (平安時代) 794 - 1185=====
{| border="0" cellspacing="2px" cellpadding="2px" width="50%"
|-
|-valign=top align="center" bgcolor="#D4D4D4"
|'''First year ''(gannen)'''''
|'''Name'''
|'''Kanji'''
|-valign=top align="center"
|806
|Daidō
|<font size=3>大同 </font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|810
|Kōnin
|<font size=3>弘仁 </font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|824
|Tenchō
|<font size=3>天長</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|834
|Jōwa
|<font size=3>承和</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|848
|Kajō
|<font size=3>嘉祥</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|851
|Ninju
|<font=3>仁寿</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|854
|Saikō
|<font=3>斉衡</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|857
|Tennan
|<font=3>天安</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|859
|Jōgan
|<font=3>貞観</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|877
|Gangyō
|<font=3>元慶</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|885
|Ninna
|<font=3>仁和</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|889
|Kanpyō
|<font=3>寛平</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|898
|Shōtai
|<font=3>昌泰</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|901
|Engi
|<font=3>延喜</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|923
|Enchō
|<font=3>延長</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|931
|Jōhei
|<font=3>承平</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|938
|Tengyō
|<font=3>天慶</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|947
|Tenryaku
|<font=3>天暦</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|957
|Tentoku
|<font=3>天徳</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|961
|Ōwa
|<font=3>応和</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|964
|Kōhō
|<font=3>康保</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|968
|Anna
|<font=3>安和</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|970
|Tenroku
|<font=3>天禄</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|973
|Ten'en
|<font=3>天延</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|976
|Jōgen
|<font=3>貞元</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|978
|Tengen
|<font=3>天元</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|983
|Eikan
|<font=3>永観</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|985
|Kanna
|<font=3>寛和</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|987
|Eien
|<font=3>永延</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|988
|Eiso
|<font=3>永祚</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|990
|Shōryaku
|<font=3>正暦</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|995
|Chōtoku
|<font=3>長徳</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|999
|Chōhō
|<font=3>長保</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1004
|Kankō
|<font=3>寛弘</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1012
|Chōwa
|<font=3>長和</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1017
|Kannin
|<font=3>寛仁</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1021
|Jian
|<font=3>治安</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1024
|Manju
|<font=3>万寿</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1028
|Chōgen
|<font=3>長元</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1037
|Chōryaku
|<font=3>長暦</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1040
|Chōkyū
|<font=3>長久</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1044
|Kantoku
|<font=3>寛徳</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1046
|Eishō
|<font=3>永承</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1053
|Tengi
|<font=3>天喜</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1058
|Kōhei
|<font=3>康平</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1065
|Jiryaku
|<font=3>治暦</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1069
|Enkyū
|<font=3>延久</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1074
|Jōhō
|<font=3>承保</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1077
|Jōryaku
|<font=3>承暦</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1081
|Eihō
|<font=3>永保</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1084
|Ōtoku
|<font=3>応徳</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1087
|Kanji
|<font=3>寛治</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1094
|Kahō
|<font=3>嘉保</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1096
|Eichō
|<font=3>永長</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1097
|Jōtoku
|<font=3>承徳</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1099
|Kōwa
|<font=3>康和</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1104
|Chōji
|<font=3>長治</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1106
|Kajō
|<font=3>嘉承</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1108
|Tennin
|<font=3>天仁</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1110
|Ten'ei
|<font=3>天永</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1113
|Eikyū
|<font=3>永久</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1118
|Gen'ei
|<font=3>元永</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1120
|Hōan
|<font=3>保安</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1124
|Tenji
|<font=3>天治</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1126
|Daiji
|<font=3>大治</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1131
|Tenshō
|<font=3>天承</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1132
|Chōshō
|<font=3>長承</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1135
|Hōen
|<font=3>保延</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1141
|Eiji
|<font=3>永治</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1142
|Kōji
|<font=3>康治</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1144
|Ten'yō
|<font=3>天養</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1145
|Kyūan
|<font=3>久安</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1151
|Ninpei
|<font=3>仁平</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1154
|Kyūju
|<font=3>久寿</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1156
|Hōgen
|<font=3>保元</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1159
|Heiji
|<font=3>平治</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1160
|Eiryaku
|<font=3>永暦</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1161
|Ōhō
|<font=3>応保</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1163
|Chōkan
|<font=3>長寛</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1165
|Eiman
|<font=3>永万</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1166
|Ninnan
|<font=3>仁安</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1169
|Kaō
|<font=3>嘉応</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1171
|Jōan
|<font=3>承安</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1175
|Angen
|<font=3>安元</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1177
|Jishō
|<font=3>治承</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1181
|Yōwa
|<font=3>養和</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1182
|Juei
|<font=3>寿永</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1184
|Genryaku
|<font=3>元暦</font>
|}
====Middle Ages (1185 to 1573)====
=====The [[Kamakura]] Period (>鎌倉時代) 1185 - 1333=====
{| border="0" cellspacing="2px" cellpadding="2px" width="50%"
|-
|-valign=top align="center" bgcolor="#D4D4D4"
|'''First year ''(gannen)'''''
|'''Name'''
|'''Kanji'''
|-valign=top align="center"
|1185
|Bunji
|<font=3>文治</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1190
|Kenkyū
|<font=3>建久</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1199
|Shōji
|<font=3>正治</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1201
|Kennin
|<font=3>建仁</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1204
|Genkyū
|<font=3>元久</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1206
|Ken'ei
|<font=3>建永</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1207
|Jōgen
|<font=3>承元</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1211
|Kenryaku
|<font=3>建暦</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1213
|Kenpō
|<font=3>建保</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1219
|Jōkyū
|<font=3>承久</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1222
|Jōō
|<font=3>貞応</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1224
|Gennin
|<font=3>元仁</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1225
|Karoku
|<font=3>嘉禄</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1227
|Antei
|<font=3>安貞</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1229
|Kanki
|<font=3>寛喜</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1232
|Jōei
|<font=3>貞永</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1233
|Tenpuku
|<font=3>天福</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1234
|Bunryaku
|<font=3>文暦</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1235
|Katei
|<font=3>嘉禎</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1238
|Ryakunin
|<font=3>暦仁</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1239
|En'ō
|<font=3>延応</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1240
|Ninji
|<font=3>仁治</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1243
|Kangen
|<font=3>寛元</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1247
|Hōji
|<font=3>宝治</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1249
|Kenchō
|<font=3>建長</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1256
|Kōgen
|<font=3>康元</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1257
|Shōka
|<font=3>正嘉</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1259
|Shōgen
|<font=3>正元</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1260
|Bun'ō
|<font=3>文応</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1261
|Kōcho
|<font=3>弘長</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1264
|Bun'ei
|<font=3>文永</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1275
|Kenji
|<font=3>建治</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1278
|Kōan
|<font=3>弘安</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1288
|Shōō
|<font=3>正応</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1293
|Einin
|<font=3>永仁</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1299
|Shōan
|<font=3>正安</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1302
|Kengen
|<font=3>乾元</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1303
|Kagen
|<font=3>嘉元</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1306
|Tokuji
|<font=3>徳治</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1308
|Enkei
|<font=3>延慶</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1311
|Ōchō
|<font=3>応長</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1312
|Shōwa
|<font=3>正和</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1317
|Bunpō
|<font=3>文保</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1319
|Gen'ō
|<font=3>元応</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1321
|Genkyō
|<font=3>元亨</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1324
|Shōchū
|<font=3>正中</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1326
|Karyaku
|<font=3>嘉暦</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1329
|Gentoku
|<font=3>元徳</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1331
|Genkō
|<font=3>元弘</font>
|}
=====The Muromachi Period (室町時代) 1333 - 1573=====
======Nanbokucho Period (南北朝時代) 1336 - 1392======
During this time, Japan was divided between the rival Southern and Northern Imperial courts, each with their own eras. It was decided in 1910 that the Southern Court had been the legitimate court during the period,<ref>Morris, Ivan. The Nobility of Failure: Tragic Heroes in the History of Japan, New American Library, 1975.</ref> so the "Southern era" names are provided in official lists. However, as the "Northern era" names were actually used in most of the country, these are also provided.
*'''Southern Court'''
{| border="0" cellspacing="2px" cellpadding="2px" width="50%"
|-
|-valign=top align="center" bgcolor="#D4D4D4"
|'''First year ''(gannen)'''''
|'''Name'''
|'''Kanji'''
|-valign=top align="center"
|1334
|Kemmu
|<font=3>建武</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1336
|Engen
|<font=3>延元</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1340
|Kōkoku
|<font=3>興国</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1346
|Shōhei
|<font=3>正平</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1370
|Kentoku
|<font=3>建徳</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1372
|Bunchū
|<font=3>文中</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1375
|Tenju
|<font=3>天授</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1381
|Kōwa
|<font=3>弘和</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1384
|Genchū
|<font=3>元中</font>
|}
*'''Northern Court'''
{| border="0" cellspacing="2px" cellpadding="2px" width="50%"
|-
|-valign=top align="center" bgcolor="#D4D4D4"
|'''First year ''(gannen)'''''
|'''Name'''
|'''Kanji'''
|-valign=top align="center"
|1338
|Ryakuō
|<font=3>暦応</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1342
|Kōei
|<font=3>康永</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1345
|Jōwa
|<font=3>貞和</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1350
|Kannō
|<font=3>観応</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1352
|Bunna
|<font=3>文和</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1356
|Enbun
|<font=3>延文</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1361
|Kōan
|<font=3>康安</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1362
|Jōji
|<font=3>貞治</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1368
|Ōan
|<font=3>応安</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1375
|Eiwa
|<font=3>永和</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1379
|Kōryaku
|<font=3>康暦</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1381
|Eitoku
|<font=3>永徳</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1384
|Shi<i></i>toku
|<font=3>至徳</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1387
|Kakei
|<font=3>嘉慶</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1389
|Kōō
|<font=3>康応</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1390
|Meitoku
|<font=3>明徳</font>
|}
Upon reunification in 1393, Genchū 9 became Meitoku 3.
======Remainder of the Muromachi Period (室町時代) 1393 - 1573======
{| border="0" cellspacing="2px" cellpadding="2px" width="50%"
|-
|-valign=top align="center" bgcolor="#D4D4D4"
|'''First year ''(gannen)'''''
|'''Name'''
|'''Kanji'''
|-valign=top align="center"
|1394
|ōei
|<font=3>応永</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1428
|Shōchō
|<font=3>正長</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1429
|Eikyō
|<font=3>永享</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1441
|Kakitsu
|<font=3>嘉吉</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1444
|Bun'an
|<font=3>文安</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1449
|Hōtoku
|<font=3>宝徳</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1452
|Kyōtoku
|<font=3>享徳</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1455
|Kōshō
|<font=3>康正</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1457
|Chōroku
|<font=3>長禄</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1460
|Kanshō
|<font=3>寛正</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1466
|Bunshō
|<font=3>文正</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1467
|Ōnin
|<font=3>応仁</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1469
|Bunmei
|<font=3>文明</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1487
|Chōkyō
|<font=3>長享</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1489
|Entoku
|<font=3>延徳</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1492
|Meiō
|<font=3>明応</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1501
|Bunki
|<font=3>文亀</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1504
|Eishō
|<font=3>永正</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1521
|Daiei
|<font=3>大永</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1528
|Kyōroku
|<font=3>享禄</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1532
|Tenbun
|<font=3>天文</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1555
|Kōji
|<font=3>弘治</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1558
|Eiroku
|<font=3>永禄</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1570
|Genki
|<font=3>元亀</font>
|}
====Early Modern Ages (1573 to 1868)====
=====Azuchi-Momoyama (安土桃山) 1573 - 1603=====
{| border="0" cellspacing="2px" cellpadding="2px" width="50%"
|-
|-valign=top align="center" bgcolor="#D4D4D4"
|'''First year ''(gannen)'''''
|'''Name'''
|'''Kanji'''
|-valign=top align="center"
|1573
|Tenshō
|<font=3>天正</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1592
|Bunroku
|<font=3>文禄</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1596
|Keichō
|<font=3>慶長</font>
|}
=====The Edo Period (江戸時代) 1603 - 1868=====
{| border="0" cellspacing="2px" cellpadding="2px" width="50%"
|-
|-valign=top align="center" bgcolor="#D4D4D4"
|'''First year ''(gannen)'''''
|'''Name'''
|'''Kanji'''
|-valign=top align="center"
|1615
|Genna
|<font=3>元和</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1624
|Kan'ei
|<font=3>寛永</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1644
|Shōhō
|<font=3>正保</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1648
|Keian
|<font=3>慶安</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1652
|Jōō
|<font=3>承応</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1655
|Meireki
|<font=3>明暦</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1658
|Manji
|<font=3>万治</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1661
|Kanbun
|<font=3>寛文</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1673
|Enpō
|<font=3>延宝</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1681
|Tenna
|<font=3>天和</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1684
|Jōkyō
|<font=3>貞享</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1688
|Genroku
|<font=3>元禄</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1704
|Hōei
|<font=3>宝永</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1711
|Shōtoku
|<font=3>正徳</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1716
|Kyōhō
|<font=3>享保</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1736
|Genbun
|<font=3>元文</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1741
|Kanpō
|<font=3>寛保</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1744
|Enkyō
|<font=3>延享</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1748
|Kan'en
|<font=3>寛延</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1751
|Hōreki
|<font=3>宝暦</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1764
|Meiwa
|<font=3>明和</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1772
|An'ei
|<font=3>安永</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1781
|Tenmei
|<font=3>天明</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1789
|Kansei
|<font=3>寛政</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1801
|Kyōwa
|<font=3>享和</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1804
|Bunka
|<font=3>文化</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1818
|Bunsei
|<font=3>文政</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1830
|Tenpō
|<font=3>天保</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1844
|Kōka
|<font=3>弘化</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1848
|Kaei
|<font=3>嘉永</font>
|}
====The Modern Age (近代) 1868 - 1945====
{| border="0" cellspacing="2px" cellpadding="2px" width="50%"
|-
|-valign=top align="center" bgcolor="#D4D4D4"
|'''First year ''(gannen)'''''
|'''Name'''
|'''Kanji'''
|-valign=top align="center"
|1868
|Meiji
|<font=3>明治</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1912
|Taishō
|<font=3>大正</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|1926
|Shōwa
|<font=3>昭和</font>
|}
====The Present (現代) 1945 - ====
{| border="0" cellspacing="2px" cellpadding="2px" width="50%"
|-
|-valign=top align="center" bgcolor="#D4D4D4"
|'''First year ''(gannen)'''''
|'''Name'''
|'''Kanji'''
|-valign=top align="center"
|1989
|Heisei
|<font=3>平成</font>
|-valign=top align="center"
|}
==External Links==
[http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2272.html Convert from Gregorian years to Japanese nengō and vice versa]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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